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Things They Carry Ruck March

Five participants walk along Fletcher Avenue between Murdock and Alvo during the Oct. 30 morning leg of the annual ruck march, with a support vehicle following behind. The multi-day march begins in Omaha and ends at Memorial Stadium to raise awareness of veteran suicide and encourage seeking mental health support.

Huskers lead 50-mile march for veteran suicide prevention, awareness

October 30, 2025

Nebraska alumni and veteran Pete Lass carries the American flag as he and Atlantic-area veterans Trevor Gipple (carrying game ball) and Ryan Graham walk past a mural on the side of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in downtown Atlantic, Iowa, on the second day of the march.

Huskers maintain Ruck March tradition in support of veterans

November 20, 2023

Everett Bloom (center, holding football) leads a group of student veterans, volunteers and Trev Alberts off the Memorial Stadium turf following a ceremonial beginning to the ruck march on Nov. 15. Bloom, a four-year Navy veteran, is one of the student-veteran organizers of the 2022 march.

Navy vet finds community through ruck, success center

November 18, 2022

Cohan Bonow, senior in management and a Naval ROTC midshipman, stands with fellow marchers before the start of the marching.

'Worth it': Bonow logs 35 miles to honor veterans lost to suicide

November 18, 2022

Society & Culture

Gabe Kendall, left, and fellow 2021 ruck marchers

Ruck connections spur career-oriented internship

November 16, 2022

Rodrigo Venegas, a retired Marine and construction management major, is from from Grand Island and will graduate May 14. He organized the 2020 ruck march.

Venegas finishes degree, marches into career

May 11, 2022

Science & Technology

Trevor Stephens, Marine Corp veteran and a sophomore in secondary education from Council Bluffs, Iowa, walks along Highway 93 westbound from Treynor, Iowa.

Ruck finishes march to raise veteran suicide awareness

November 24, 2021

Society & Culture

Ruck March

Huskers, Hawkeyes hit highways to raise awareness of veteran suicide

November 12, 2021

Rodrigo Venegas

Student-veteran finds success, builds community at Nebraska

November 24, 2020

Ruck March

Ruck March participants logging miles separately, but together, to raise awareness

November 24, 2020

Members of the Nebraska Student Veteran Organization walk along an Iowa highway on Nov. 26 as part of the Things They Carry Ruck March. The event, organized by Nebraska and Iowa students, is designed to raise public awareness of veteran suicides.

Veteran suicide awareness is focus of Husker-Hawkeye ruck

November 11, 2019

Husker and Hawkeye student veterans meet at Freedom Rock in Iowa, the halfway point in the 2018 Things They Carry Ruck March, on Nov. 18. The march ends Nov. 23 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.

Nebraska, Iowa team up for military suicide awareness

November 9, 2018